All Creatures Great and Small

This is my entry into the current challenge over at CD Sunday Challenge:

My dad is going to be 90 at the end of the month and this is the card I have made for him.

I used the latest Pollyanna Pickering dvd-rom from Creative Crafting World, A Walk in the Wild.  I printed the toppers onto glossy photo paper and printed a backing paper from the dvd.  I matted all the toppers onto black card.

The Happy Birthday and Special Day senitments are both Crafters Companion dies which I die cut from black card.  The letters and numbers are Cheery Lynn dies,  The star dies are X-cut.  The greenery was also cut using dies from Crafters Companion.

I layered the images onto the card using various thicknesses of 3d foam.

Thanks for visiting.

Jo x

Come let us go to Bethlehem

This is my entry into the current challenge at The Christmas Challenge which is Jesus is Born:

I've had great difficulty photographing this card!

I used Centura Pearl card which I stamped randomly with a Stamperama stamp and heat embossed in Crystal embossing powder (which doesn't show up in the photo) and then detail white embossing powder.  I used guilding flakes around the edges.

The nativity scene stamp is from Stamp addicts, which I stamped onto white card and then added some sand-coloured ink.  I cut this out and then added it to the Centura Pearl card which again I had added guilding flakes to the edge.  I stamped the star and then applied guilding flakes to this as well.

The sentiment - which says Come let us go to Bethlehem - came from the same stamp set, was stamped and embossed using detail gold embossing powder.  Guilding flakes were added to the edge once again.

CD Sunday Challenge - Thank You

Good Afternoon

Here is my entry for this weeks challenge over at the CD Sunday Challenge which has a theme of 'Thank You'.

I used a 6 x 6 white card blank onto which I layered some turquoise card.  Onto this I  put the beautiful backing paper which is printed from Crafters' Companions Kimono cd-rom.

I then took a piece of Centura Pearl card which I die-cut and embossed using Spellbinders labels 20 and Scalloped borders 2.  The embossing in the corners was done using a die that came free with a magazine some time ago.

I die cut 2 smaller labels 20's, and stamped the sentiment onto the smallest using a Lili of the Valley sentiment and Peacock Feathers Distress Ink.  The sentiment was then heat embossed using Crystal Transparent Embossing Powder.

The flowers and branches were created using Kimono Blossom Branch dies with a gem added to the centre of each flower.

I printed a matching insert from the cd-rom to complete the card.

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Jo x